Once Upon a Murder
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Tesha had the grin of someone who had a publishing contract to announce and she started the meeting early. I rushed back to my seat.
As the meeting got underway, she glanced over her shoulder at me and held up three fingers meaning three of her books sold to her dream publishing house. I could get on board with that. I was happy for her, and more than just a little bit bothered by guilt because I suspected her so easily for David’s death.
I hadn’t seen Grant since Kami tried killing him. He went back to work and so did I. Somehow though, the hero of my book turned into a man with brooding eyes. I even fell asleep thinking about those eyes.
Robyn folded her arms and harrumphed next to me. She’d been quiet since we rid ourselves of the threat Kami had become. I hadn’t spoken much to her about anything with a deadline looming and the kiss with her brother not something I wanted to discuss.
“Are you and Ryan fighting again?” I recognized her standard fight stance. I knew when she wanted to talk based on her sounds to bring attention to the matter.
She nodded, rolling her eyes. “Yeah, he was going out with the guys. He thinks we have to fight in order for him to do that. Little does he know, I don't care. I don't need to see him all the time. I prefer it.” She tapped my phone. “You need to check your email. Your editor emailed you. His name is Ethan, huh?”
Ethan? “He’d signed it as Ethan? He only does that when he loved the book.” I grinned. I hadn’t met my long-time editor, but I loved his work and talking with him was easy.
“I would like to bring the attention back to our book signing next month. I hope it’s still okay that I have you marked as the keynote speaker in the afternoon, Olivia?” Tesha held her pencil ready, a look of worry wrinkling the edges of her pink lipstick.
I nodded quickly. “Of course. Robyn and I were just talking about that.”
Tesha nodded and smiled. “Well, let’s adjourn to critiques. Craig, we need to talk about your book. Seriously.”
Things were finally back to normal. I still wasn’t sure who had sent me the bone set. I didn’t want it to be a crazed fan or even anyone I knew.
Either way, I wasn't going to be overly concerned about anything anymore. Finding the dead body on my porch had tromped all other stressors. Some things just didn't need to be worried about.
Except, of course, the fact that I had a signing to be at, another pen name to start, Robyn to train on the existing series, and the kiss with her brother to deal with were stressors. But for the night, I was going to get me another cookies and cream milkshake and ignore my problems.
Hopefully, I could get through the weekend without anymore dead bodies.
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Twists Like a Knife
A murder and a latte...
The perfect way to start the day.
Olivia is determined to have a successful, drama-free, book signing at family-owned Granny’s Bookshelves and Teas. With her fellow Writers of the World, Olivia starts the day with a murder and a latte.
Determined to prove the killer isn’t one of her friends or worse – herself – Olivia tracks the clues and dodges the searching questions of her best-friend’s brother while trying to sign books and smile for the camera.
The suspects move amongst the readers and the accusations fly like plot twists.
With rumors of affairs and threats darkening the event, Olivia doesn’t have long – just to closing! – to prove writing romance isn’t a prerequisite to killing in cold blood.
Plunge into this engaging mystery wrought with secrets and clues that reveal more than the killer!
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